I thought I read here on /. that M$ would not make any version of directx after d11?

For me the real issue with free to play games is the amount of money they want for the so called "micro-transactions" in game. Micro to me is 10 cents, 50 cents, maybe 1 dollar. Not $500 that MechWarrior is charging!!! (yes that for a super shinny uber mech) even the cost of one of their regular mechs is something like $28 dollars when you convert their in game money "mc" to real USD. They want something like $5 for a color that you would paint your mech with!

Blizzard wants to sell you a special pet $15 or a mount for $25??? WTF. This is AFTER you are already paid for the game $60 and paying for a monthly subscription of $13-15, and they are asking for more??? (keep in mind that when WOW had 10mil + subs and charging avg. of 14$ a month, blizzard was making around $140,000,000 a MONTH!!!! That's... One Hundred and Fourth Million dollars a month. over $1,680,000,000 a year...)

Is it better to get 100 people to buy stuff at 1 cent or 1 person to give you $1 dollar? IMO the 1 cents guys are better because you have 100 people playing your game. and more options to sell more stuff for 1 cent to those 100 players.

Gaming has evolved for me. I am no longer interested in shelling out hundred of dollars for just OK games. I decided to start voting with my wallet. sorry Elder Scrolls, I will play you when you go F2p and if you want any money at all from me, you better make your micro-transactions micro! Too many good games out there now on Steam that are F2P or very low cost. Those are the guys I am going to give my money to.

Wow thanks! I am going to have to do some research into this!

Can someone explain to me why you would use video cards for this type of processing and not get a better CPU? I have read a few articles on this type of processing, but never an explanation why. Is it better suited for this type of processing? Is it just cheaper then CPU?

Must... go.... get... more... christmas.... lights... NOW!!! :)

I totally agree with your post! My issue with the OP was his comment about "Security isn't about safety". In my opinion that's total rubbish. People set up "security" measures (offensive or defensive as in your case) to provide themselves "safety".

I do disagree with you a little on your 1) point.... Break into my house and then tell me how "poor" my Desert Eagle is as a defense solution. :)

Got my user id issue fixed. Wanted to reply with my "real user id" to pacify your "value your opinions enough to name them" comment. Also, everything I said as AC still stands, and you still don't know what the hell your talking about.

Cheers
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Thanks for the link!

The article you linked was Spanish-speaking vs English, and that IMO is totally different then what we are discussing here. When you call a call center from India, you are going to speaking with someone that also speaks English. Do they sound like the back-woods-hillbilly that works in a Alabama call center? Someone that works in a Boston call center? No.. they are going to have an Indian accent. That does not automatically make them any less intelligent as most like to believe.

Just like when I speak to some hilly-billy-ebonics-back-woods-redneck support center rep in Texas... If i am having a hard time understanding what they are saying, I polity ask them to slow down. I then know I need to slow down when I speaking to them, as I am sure they are having just as hard time understanding me. To my point... If most were to STFU and listen and use some manners... Everything would be ok.

What ticks me off is when I hear some red-neck American IT go on about how he hates talking to them "brown bastards" in India. Its good to learn that the people that work in India call centers just brush us off as a bunch of racist American assholes. :)

I am sure I will get moded down for this, but "whateva"... (yes I am American)

I am so tired of American IT workers bitching about Indian tech support. First off... It seems that most of the time, the American IT guy bitching about the support he is getting actually has no clue WTF he is talking about in the first place. Second... Why don't you shut your American-I-am-always-right mouth for one second and actually LISTEN. If you are too stupid to realize that your speaking with a person whose first language is not English and you need to slow down, then you're probably fall into my first point.

"These" people that you are speaking with are not trained monkeys. I believe in TFA most of the people he spoke with were top of their class or had higher education.

Wooosh!

"Pretend"??? Are you sure that glass is not a liquid?

http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/mirrors/physicsfaq/General/Glass/glass.html

1-800-GOOG-411 its free and grandma can thing she is talking to a real person!

That's how much HP my dumb ass neighbour thinks his Honda Civic has now that he has that dumb ass loud muffler on it!

I agree. I can't imagine how the meeting at Toyota went when they came up with this idea...

Boss) We need to come up with an edgy new marketing scheme...
Guy 1) Hey, let scare the shit out of some lady.
Guy 2) Yeah, Lets make up a fake stalker!!!
Guy 1) Sweet... Lets make him a criminal too!
Guy 2) Serial Killer?
Guy 1) Naw, Just a regular criminal.. Maybe petty theft?
Guy 2) From a different country?
Guy 1) Oh I like the way you think!!!
Boss) This is a GREAT idea, nothing can possibly go wrong! We will have people all over the US wanting to buy our new cars!

Guy 1 and Guy 2) HIGH FIVE!!! **slap**